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Wildfire burning through 3,100 acres of N.J. Pinelands
Philly Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/new-jersey-wildfire-pinelands-bass-river-state-forest-20230601.html
A wildfire racing through Bass River State Forest in New Jersey’s Pinelands region has burned 3,100 acres as of Thursday afternoon.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said it is working to contain the fire burning in the area of Allen Road in Ocean County. So far, firefighters have contained 15% of the blaze, which began Wednesday night. Multiple roads are closed and the Timberline Campground has been evacuated. Six homes are threatened and local fire companies are also responding.
The Batona Trail, a 53-mile path through the pine barrens, is closed as it crosses through Bass River State Forest. Although the risk of fire is listed as moderate Thursday, it is prime wildfire season and May was unusually dry. It marks the second major wildfire this year.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said it is working to contain the fire burning in the area of Allen Road in Ocean County. So far, firefighters have contained 15% of the blaze, which began Wednesday night. Multiple roads are closed and the Timberline Campground has been evacuated. Six homes are threatened and local fire companies are also responding.
The Batona Trail, a 53-mile path through the pine barrens, is closed as it crosses through Bass River State Forest. Although the risk of fire is listed as moderate Thursday, it is prime wildfire season and May was unusually dry. It marks the second major wildfire this year.
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This is scary and dangerous. Please stay safe everyone! We have been unusually dry this spring in Western PA also. Normally May and June are nothing but rain, sometimes right up to the Fourth of July weekend. But there have been very few rainy days lately.
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It usually goes in Montana, Idaho, Oregon. Usually it's pretty wet up there, we're looking at several days of rain with flood watches instead.
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